As reported by The Daily Observer, Greene stated that as of next year, an additional two athletes will be added to the list and will receive the $1,000 (£772/€903) monthly grant available through the Olympic Solidarity programme.

One element of the programme is funded by ABNOC, while the other is funded internally and supports those athletes who did not manage to make it to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) programme.

Sprinter Cejhae Greene, high jumper Priscilla Frederick, footballer Chevaughn Walsh and swimmers Samantha Roberts and Stefano Mitchell are on the Olympic scholarship programme and they all receive bursaries of $1,000 per month for their scholarships.

Tennis player Jody Maginley and boxer Alston Ryan, a men's 64 kilograms bronze medallist at this year's Pan American Games in Lima, are on the locally administered programme and also receive $1,000 per month scholarships from ABNOC.

Shot putter Jess St. John and sprinter Tahir Walsh, meanwhile, have been confirmed by the ABNOC Board for scholarships from the local programme.

"In my last meeting in Peru, on the margins of the Pan American Games, my secretary general, Cliff Williams, and I had meetings with the Olympic Solidarity people and we made a scholarship for 2020; there will be an additional two scholarships, so two additional athletes will have a chance to benefit from these scholarship offerings, and the intentions are to qualify the athletes for the Games," Greene was reported as saying by The Daily Observer.

Greene has expressed satisfaction with how the current funding programmes have aided the development of the athletes involved.

"We have been, as national associations of the Caribbean, lobbying Pan American Sports and the IOC with respect to the need for even more resources with the advent of these Youth Games," he said.

"Let’s say 10 years ago, we had no Youth Games in the international arena for the Olympic Movement, but we have them now, and so we have been making the case for funding for resource support, training opportunities for young athletes.

"I must say that we have had success in some areas, so now that we are having success, now that these Games are a reality, and now when we are called upon for the preparation of these athletes, it is not the Government’s responsibility only.

"Yes, there is a national responsibility, but these Games are held under the aegis of the national Olympic movement, and so that’s the case we’ve made to them."

The aim of Olympic Solidarity is to organise assistance for all the National Olympic Committees, particularly those with the greatest needs, through multi-faceted programmes.

It prioritises athlete development, training of coaches and sports administrators, and promotes the Olympic ideals.